Dynamic 2d sketches

[Anonymous]

Hi,

Can you make dynamic 2 dimensional sketches in fusion 360 using contraints?  Dynamic in the sense that you can make movable sketch blocks in Inventor or linkages in Force Effect?  I don't mean 3d projected onto a plane, but actual 2d sketches.

Thanks

[jeff_strater · Accepted solution]

Unfortunately, Fusion does not yet support rigid sketch blocks as those in Inventor.  You can kind of mimic this by constraining the sketch geometry of your "blocks".  For instance:

each of these two rectangles are constrained.  The upper left one is fully constrained and cannot move.  The lower right one is only internally constrained (perpendicular instead of horizontal/vertical)

In this state, the coincident constraint at the corners can act as a revolute joint:

It's admittedly not ideal, but you can make it work.

Jeff Strater (Fusion development)

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the response and picture explanation!  I'm trying to make some 2d linkages, so the work around you suggest might get a little tricky in fusion.